What is CVE-2016-0824?

CVE-2016-0824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-03-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-0824?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-0824

libmpeg2 in libstagefright in Android 6.x before 2016-03-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, and consequently bypass an unspecified protection mechanism, via crafted Bitstream data, as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access, aka internal bug 25765591.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2016-03-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (49.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0, 6.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/84262 (vdb-entry)
android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libmpeg2/+/ffab15eb80630dc799eb41085…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0824?: CVE-2016-0824 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2016-03-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-0824?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.